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In this piece in yesterday's Globe, Ivor Tossell waxes intellectual on the cultural wasteland that is Wikipedia. He explains "wikigroaning," the phenomenon experienced by self-righteous smartypantses like himself upon finding that one topic, "useless to everyone but a small coterie of fans," has a longer Wikipedia entry than another topic of "genuine historical relevance." His first example: that Lost character John Locke has a longer entry than the philosopher John Locke. And it’s all the fault of those pesky "crowdsourcing enthusiasts who tell us that in the 21st century, everything is better written by amateurs or crowds."

It was curtains in Orange County last night as FOX’s golden child threw its final punch.